JAPAN’S HORROR MASTER KUROSAWA’S FIRST SAMURAI FILM ARRIVES AT US THEATERS

This image released by Janus Films shows Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the set of "The Samurai and the Prisoner." (Janus Films via AP) 2026-07-29T08:56:38Z TOKYO (AP) — Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director known as “the… He needn’t have worried.

Associated Press reports that this image released by Janus Films shows Kiyoshi Kurosawa on the set of "The Samurai and the Prisoner." (Janus Films via AP) 2026-07-29T08:56:38Z TOKYO (AP) — Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the Japanese director known as “the…

The report adds: He needn’t have worried.

“The Samurai and the Prisoner,” opening in New York and Los Angeles on July 31, followed by a rollout in major U.S.

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